Every single website that wants me to download their app instead of use the mobile site is immediately labeled as repugnant in my mind, and I will never ever download your app. the heat death of the universe will arrive and I still will not have downloaded your app

I love this face, but it's annoying to type on phones so I made a little #$DF keyboard shortcut and now I can use it easily all the time at my partner's puns.

This is why Renay’s newsletter is deserving of a Hugo nomination: I just read it and learned that Luminous won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science Fiction/Fantasy. (I also learned that I need to check why my Locus RSS feed isn’t working).

As an Arkansan, the number of people who have told me that Arkansas is a lost cause all the way to “if y’all just went ahead and seceded we could bomb you and would be at peace” is way too high. It’s why I don’t do politics on social media anymore. It sucks to be visibly Southerner on EVERY app.

Another great edition of @renay.bsky.social 's 2026 Hugo Finalist Intergalactic Mixtape.

Intergalactic Mixtape: Issue #51! 🥳 Lots of diverse book reviews/discussions this week.

My best craft advice is "Put a giant worm in it." You can never go wrong with a giant worm. Sci-fi: Giant worm on an alien planet Fantasy: Giant worm in mountain sitting on a pile of gold Horror: Giant worm (eats people) Romance: Giant worm causes third-act breakup Mystery: Giant worm investigates

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 WE'RE LIVE!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

This is why recs are critical practice!!!

Feelings some deep stress today as several balls I had in the air come crashing down to wallop me in the head. 😅 Going to buy myself a nice book to congratulate myself on surviving this week while rawdogging ADHD.

Another blog post this morning! This time, I have a short list of recently published books with creepy houses: bysinginglight.wordpress.com/2026/04/28/b...

Two familiar names in there today in the lovely @renay.bsky.social and @runalongwomble.bsky.social :) You can jump directly to that section here: anushreenande.substack.com/i/192283499/...

There’s a new issue of Intergalactic Mixtape! 50 issues already! 🥳 🪐📚

In case you (somehow haha) missed it, we're relaunching in five short days—next Wednesday, April 29th! 💓 Here's a great summary of what we're hoping to do:

There’s a new issue of Intergalactic Mixtape! 50 issues already! 🥳 🪐📚

April newsletter is posted, featuring some life updates, thoughts on rereading both published books & my own journals, and some linky-links: buttondown.com/singinglight...

me, flopsing around like a little fishy: oh no what can be done we are doomed farewell @ novellas @renay.bsky.social, a problem-solver: so what I am HEARING [points at ear] is that we need more people to do NOVELLA-SPECIFIC "out this month" posts

It’s a great time to subscribe! Issue #50 will go out this evening*! * it counts as evening at 1am if I haven’t slept yet

guys i don't know what happened, i just sent out a newsletter for the first time in over a year Chronicling Joy, One Day at a Time bkshelvesofdoom.ghost.io/chronicling-...

Just go ahead and make a thing. Even though you have no idea what you're doing. That's the whole point of all of it

Extremely concerned with the number of people saying they can't vote for the Hugo Awards because they're not going to Worldcon this year. 😅

Excellent question! I see @quartzen.bsky.social has said The Wrong Stars and I absolutely agree; sense of wonder/discovery/terror. In addition to that: K B Wagers' Neo-G books Tchaikovsky's Children of Time Gareth L Powell's Embers of War Marina Lostetter's Noumenon series

This is a tough one because a lot of the space books I like don't actually have that much space travel in them! But how about: Merchanter's Luck, C.J. Cherryh The Wounded Sky, Diane Duane A Matter of Oaths, Helen S. Wright The Kindly Ones, Melissa Scott The Wrong Stars, Tim Pratt

The obvious authors: Ann Leckie, Martha Wells, maybe even James SA Corey (though I never finished the Expanse), and Becky Chambers. Additionally Stina Leicht, Everina Maxwell, and LM Sagas are authors I've really enjoyed recently. I didnt vibe with Mur Lafferty but I think many people would.

REVELATION SPACE!!!!! and Chasm City!!!! Hitchhiker's Guide obvs The Martian obvs Murderbot obvs Pilgrim Machines An Unkindness of Ghosts The Sol Majestic Big Ship at the End of the Universe Jinnbot of Shantiport Ancillary Justice obvs Six Wakes Velocity Weapon Starfighter 🔥 oh you said 5😭

Old Man's War by @scalzi.com

Binti, by Nnedi Okorafor (the first one) We Who Are About To, by Joanna Russ The Cold Equations, by Tom Godwin (a short story) Bloodchild, by Octavia E Butler (the title story) The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis The Green Hills of Earth by Robert Heinlein The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei The Be Taught, If Fortunate a second time because of how perfect it is for this prompt.

This is so hard because it depends on the person. Some possibilities: * The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei * The Outside by Ada Hoffmann * A Pale Light in the Black by K.B. Wagers * Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty * Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

You know who you should follow (especially if you follow me for my own genre work)? @chloroformtea.bsky.social ! She's a double Hugo finalist this year. Roseanna is one of my fellow editors of @nerdsofafeather.bsky.social and she also is a multimodal Fan Writer talent and a finalist for that, too

A LONG AND SPEAKING SILENCE author @nghivo.bsky.social discusses writing routines in today's Women in SF&F Month guest post, "No Wrong Schedules." www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome... #Books #BookSky 📚💙 #Fantasy #SpecFic 📚🪐

If someone came to you, excited about Artemis II, space travel, and future space adventure and said, "What space adventure stories should I read?" what five SF books would you rec them?

Because I’m me, I had to have some earnest emotions about being a Hugo finalist. 😎 ladybusiness.dreamwidth.org/2026/04/21/i...

Hey you, whoever you are, if you're waiting for permission to make some weird, messy or downright confusing piece of art, you've got it. I'm giving you permission; go do the thing, especially if you think it might be bad! Go make something as poorly as you can! Get weird! You've got this!

What a fantastic set of finalists alongside us. Read fanzines. Read them! Congrats @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org @hugobookclub.bsky.social @galacticjourney.bsky.social @renay.bsky.social @journeyplanet.bsky.social

Time for my annual offer! If you're attending the #HugoAwards as a nominee & want a pretty custom necklace for the event for FREE, DM me! I specialize in celestial, nerdy, & witchy themes but love new challenges! I'm size & gender inclusive, & just want you to feel special on your big day!

This nomination belongs to all of us, y'all. 🥰

Wow, I'm in a category with giants. 😳 Congrats to all of us.

What do you mean my new hardcover Tor novella was $27?!? This is half my book budget for the entire quarter. 😂

“I hate this person” is a group chat thought, not a public thought. As someone who experienced this in the past just keep it to yourself and your close friends! Your hatred isn’t worth smothering the vibe!

I was too slow and the sticker I wanted got scooped up. Everything here is so cute, though!!

The new issue of Intergalactic Mixtape is live and full of recs in a variety of formats: straight lists, author forward, monthly faves, and of course, award related. :D

The new issue of Intergalactic Mixtape is live and full of recs in a variety of formats: straight lists, author forward, monthly faves, and of course, award related. :D

tbh I'm disappointed that there's not an image of 30-50 feral whales lifting a tiny butterfly with ropes whenever Bluesky crashes

Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child that you have stolen For my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom is as great You have no power over me

trying to post through it rn

Counterpoint: I use em dashes with abandon and will not let "AI" steal them from me. I was overusing them first and will continue to do so long after "AI" is a crater in our financial system, or our merciless overlords, or both

I hate the term "cringe" so fucking much. Get a fucking backbone. Like what you fucking like. Other people like different shit. Fucking gatekeeping serotonin does not make you cool.

If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case. "My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.

This month's #KidLitFaves features Robin Stevens, author of the Wells & Wong series! buttondown.com/singinglight...